Tanana

[ tan-uh-nah, -naw ]

/ ˈtæn əˌnɑ, -ˌnɔ /

noun, plural Tan·a·nas, (especially collectively) Tan·a·na for 2.

a river flowing NW from E Alaska to the Yukon River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.

a member of a North American Indian people of the Tanana River drainage basin in east-central Alaska.

the Athabaskan language of the Tanana.

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Examples from the Web for tanana

And did not the Tanana tribe pay my father many blankets and fine furs?
Love of Life|Jack London
The trip over "the trail" from Valdez to the Tanana country is one of the most fascinating in Alaska.
Alaska|Ella Higginson
The mission at Tanana is not a happy place to visit for one who has the welfare of the natives at heart.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled|Hudson Stuck
He came in the year 1879, and established a post for the purpose of trafficking in the furs of the Tanana Indians.
The Boy With the U. S. Survey|Francis Rolt-Wheeler

It was bad hunting, and the Tanana people made payment for the bad hunting.
Love of Life|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for tanana

Tanana

/ (ˈtænənɑː) /

noun

a river in central Alaska, rising in the Wrangell Mountains and flowing northwest to the Yukon River. Length: about 765 km (475 miles)

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